The Return of Josey Wales is a 1986 American Western film directed by and starring Michael Parks[2][3] It is a sequel to Clint Eastwood's 1976 film The Outlaw Josey Wales and was adapted from The Vengeance Trail of Josey Wales, the 1976 second novel featuring the Josey Wales character, by Asa Earl Carter. The novel was published under Carter's pen name, Forrest Carter, which he used to present a false persona involving a claim of Cherokee ancestry.[4]
The Return of Josey Wales | |
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Directed by | Michael Parks |
Written by | Asa Earl Carter (publishing as Forrest Carter)[1] R.O. Taylot (special scenes) |
Based on | The Vengeance Trail of Josey Wales by Asa Earl Carter |
Produced by | Mickey Grant[1] |
Starring | Michael Parks Rafael Campos Everett Sifuentes Suzie Humphreys John William Galt Charles McCoy Mary Ellen Averett |
Cinematography | Brant A. Hughes |
Edited by | Ivan L. Bigley |
Music by | Rusty Thornhill |
Distributed by | Magnum Entertainmento |
Release date | 1986 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Eastwood film had been based on the author's 1973 novel The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales.[4] Eastwood had planned to adapt The Vengeance Trail of Josey Wales himself as a sequel to his original film, but his project was eventually cancelled.[5]
Friends of veteran gunfighter Josey Wales are killed in Mexico by supporters of the executed Mexican Emperor Maximilian. Another friend, Pablo, rides to the ranch where Josey, thought to be dead by the United States government after events in The Outlaw Josey Wales, lives quietly with his wife Laura Lee, their baby son Jamie, her grandmother, and Lone Wolf and his wife and son. After learning of his friends' deaths, Wales travels to Mexico to confront a corrupt lawman and get another friend out of jail.
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